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"I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition."
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"Don't compete with your friends to win a date with few beautiful girls, but compete to win few beautiful goals."
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"I don't consider those competitions fair where judges get to decide the winner, because selected judges quite often are not worthy or qualified enough to make the right decision."
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"Not all races are run on a track. And not all finish lines are marked by ticker tape."
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"Nothing amuses people more than a cocky guy who starts losing."
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"Hmm", Jason snapped his fingers. "I can call a friend for a ride.Percy raised his eyebrows. "Oh, yeah? Me too. Let's see whose friend gets here first."
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"Unlike sport in business the win-win is the best possible score."
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"Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly."
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"Compete with yourself, you have no knowledge about the degree of gifting others might have. Don't decide to slow down because you have gone too far and everyone is behind you!"
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"Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning."
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"If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first."
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"To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it."
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"I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers."
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"Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it straight."
Life
"I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that."
Music
"I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid."
Truth
"Hey, we've all been to high school We've seen the in-crowds. Most of us have been in the outer crowds, the people who weren't in. Although I was never in, I was selling records and was very happy."
People
"Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music."
Music
"All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education."
Education
"Most of those takes were one take. I made those records in three minutes. I didn't have time to get nervous or scared the first time I sang it. It was all 'live' and I enjoyed it so much."
Time
"To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years."
People
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